About us

Inspired by their travels across South America, brothers John and Simon Goodwin founded La Hacienda in 1989 from the bedroom of their family home. The vision for the business was to create an outdoor fire that could be the focal point of any garden party and create lifelong memories. With that in mind, they began to import traditional Mexican chimeneas to the UK for everyone to enjoy.

In the early 2000s, as the success of the business grew, the La Hacienda range expanded into fire pits, outdoor ovens, and garden decor. The brothers exited the comfort of their bedroom and moved into an ex-aircraft hangar in the Cotswolds where La Hacienda still operates today. By 2014 the business was supplying products to customers as far as Australia and New Zealand.

In 2017, AMES Companies, part of the AMES Group, acquired La Hacienda with a vision to expand the company further across the UK and worldwide. Joining forces with Kelkay, True Temper, AMES Tools and Apta, La Hacienda is now a key part of a group that combines over 100 years of expertise in supplying inspirational products to transform outdoor spaces. AMES joins the best brands and people in the industry to deliver high-quality garden products for customers across the UK and Ireland.

Today, La Hacienda continues to build on success, keeping customers’ needs at the front of everything they do. With a growing range of outdoor cooking and heating, there’s even more choice to help you create the perfect garden oasis for family and friends.